[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 123 (Tuesday, September 21, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Page S11173]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         TRIBUTE TO AMY ISAACS

   Mr. WELLSTONE. Mr. President, I rise in recognition of the 
30th anniversary of Amy Isaacs' association with Americans for 
Democratic Action (ADA), the nation's oldest independent liberal 
advocacy organization dedicated to individual liberty and building 
economic and social justice at home and abroad.
  Ms. Isaacs has been a driving force within the organization, shaping 
its agenda for three decades, working on a broad range of issues 
affecting domestic, foreign, economic, social and environmental policy. 
She began her career at ADA as an intern in 1969 and has moved up 
through the ranks serving ably as Director of Organization, Executive 
Assistant to the Director, Deputy National Director and currently, as 
ADA National Director. On the domestic front, she has focused the 
organization's attention on such pressing issues as preserving social 
security, fighting for full civil rights and quality health care for 
all, and working to pass campaign finance reform legislation.
  Throughout her life Ms. Isaacs has worked tirelessly at home and 
abroad to raise awareness of the injustice of all forms of 
discrimination. She is a graduate of the American University in 
Washington, DC, attended classes at the University of Cologne in 
Germany and was a delegate to the Young Leaders Conference for the 
American Council on Germany. She also served as a member to a 
bipartisan observer delegation to the Liberal International Party 
Congress in Stockholm, Sweden.
  Ms. Isaacs has been a true champion for social and economic justice. 
Pursuing these ideals comes as naturally to Amy as breathing. She is a 
gifted and wonderfully compassionate and committed human being and I am 
pleased to congratulate her on her thirty years of service to the 
ADA.

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